Eija-Riitta Korhola, a Finnish member of the European People’s Party in the environment committee, said yesterday that she will raise an objection to backloading, admitting her proposal is unlikely to be approved. Claude Turmes, a Luxemburgish member of the industry panel, said yesterday that the environment committee has majority to overturn objections to the measure to postpone sales of 900 million carbon permits.

Parliament to vote again on backloading”A revised version of the European Commission’s proposal to ‘backload’ carbon allowances in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be sent back to the full Parliament.”

EU Lawmaker Sees No Carbon Fix Compromise Before Vote”Political groups in the European Parliament will not propose a new compromise solution on a draft carbon market fix before the full assembly vote scheduled for next month, according to lawmaker Eija-Riitta Korhola.”

MEP back-loading vote change reveals closer divide”Twelve members of the European Parliament (MEP) have asked to change their voting record on the European Commission’s back-loading proposal, revealing that sentiment in the parliament is even more closely divided than originally viewed.”

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Climate etc by professor Judith Curry: Climate Change as a Political Process : ”I’ve read Korhola’s thesis in its entirety; I can’t find much to disagree with, and parts of it had me jumping up saying “Yes!”

Climate Fix by professor Roger Pielke Jr.: Fascinating Climate Policy PhD of a Member of the European Parliament: ”Eija-Riitta Korhola is a rare politician. She was a long-serving member of the European Parliament from Finland as a member of the European People’s Party, the largest block in the legislature. She has also recently completed an academic dissertation for a PhD in a policy field that she specializes in – climate policy. I can’t recall ever hearing of another politician completing a PhD while in office. Rare indeed.”